3-hour race at Sebring 1963

The 3-hour race of Sebring , also 12 Hours of Sebring (3-Hour Grand Touring Race For Cars up to 1000 cc), Sebring , was a GT race that was held on March 22, 1963 at the Sebring International Raceway . At the same time, the race was the 2nd round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

One day before the 12-hour race in Sebring , a GT race, part of the 1963 World Sports Car Championship, took place, which ended with a double victory for the two works - Fiat-Abarth 1000 by Hans Herrmann and Mauro Bianchi .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GT 1.0	18th	Abarth	Hans Herrmann	Fiat-Abarth 1000	47
2	GT 1.0	19th	Abarth	Mauro Bianchi	Fiat-Abarth 1000	47
3	GT 850	27	John Skeene	Billy Smith	DB HBR5	40
4th	GT 1.0	2	CC Canada	CC Canada Cecil Stockard	Austin-Healey Sprite	39
Not classified
5	GT 1.0	4th	Small bore racing	William Cleland	Austin-Healey Sprite	23
Failed
6th	GT 1.0	22nd	Paul Layman	Paul Layman	Fiat-Abarth 1000	23
7th	GT 1.0	1	Donald Mitchell Healey	Pedro Rodríguez	Austin-Healey Sprite	4th
8th	GT 1.0	5	Ralph Noseda	Ralph Noseda	Austin-Healey Sprite	2
9	GT 1.0	3	BMC	Graham Hill	MG Midget	1
10	GT 1.0	24	Bob Grossman	Bob Grossman	Fiat-Abarth 700	1
Not started
11	GT 1.0	21st	Chuck Cassel	Chuck Cassel Don Sesslar	Fiat-Abarth 1000	1
12	GT 1.0	23	Abarth	Larry Kulok	Fiat-Abarth 1000	2

¹ not started ² not started

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
13	GT 1.0	20th	Abarth		Fiat-Abarth 1000

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GT 1.0	Hans Herrmann	Fiat-Abarth 1000	Overall victory
GT 850	Billy Smith	DB HBR5	Rank 3

Racing data

• Registered: 13
• Started: 10
• Valued: 4
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: bright and cold
• Route length: 8.369 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 3:02: 25,600 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 47
• Total distance of the winning team: 393.324 km
• Winner's average: 129.423 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Hans Herrmann - Fiat-Abarth 1000 (# 18) - 3: 43.600 = 134.736 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd round of the 1963 Sports Car World Championship

Web links

• Race results ( Memento from December 19, 2003 in the web archive archive.today )

Preceding race, the 3 Hours of Daytona 1963

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 12-hour race at Sebring in 1963